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Copyright, 1892, by Josbph Richardson. General Passenger Agent, for the Jacksonville, 
St. Augustine & Indian River Railway. 






T«tl«TTHEW8-N0RTHIIUP CO., COMPLETE iBT-PBIMTIKB WOBM, auFF*LO, N 1 



yA/BST HOTEL 

"W. B.CHAN DLEf;p§ 
ICKETAGENa 



Jacksonville, St. Augustine & Indian River R'y 



•'THE ST. AUGUSTINE ROUTE." 

"l T 7 1 LL be in operation from JAC KS ONVILLE via St. Augustine, Ormond, 

' * Daytona, New Smyrna and Titusviile to ROCKLEDGE on tlie 

INDIAN RIVER before the winter season of 1892-93. . 



CONNECTIONS. 

AT JACKSONVILLE — With S., F. .V W. and F. C. &: P. Railways and the Clyde Steamship Line. 

AT PALATKA— With J., T. & K. W. and Florida Southern Railways, St. Johns River and Ocklawaha River 
Steamers. 

AT ROCKLEDGE — With Steamers for all points on INDLAN RIVER and LAKE WORTH. 

W. L. CRAWFORD, JOSEPH RICHARDSON, 

Oeneral Superintendent. General Passenger Agent. 



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THE ST. AUGUSTINE ROUTE." 



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T JACKSONVILLE, the metropolis and railroad centre of the State, the 
tourist obtains the first impressions of Florida, and the introduction is a 
pleasant one. The city with its 30,000 people is beautifully located on the broad 
St. Johns River, 16 miles from the ocean. Commercially, Jacksonville is a live, pro- 
gressive business centre for the whole State, and has many attractions for the 
winter wanderer. Pleasant shell drives lead out into the country, and excursions 
can be made by water to many picturesque and attractive spots along the river. 
The blue stretches of river are delightful for sailing, and in the vicinity fishing 
and hunting are excellent. A large number of winter hotels of the highest grade 
furnish elegant accommodations for the visitors who fill them during the season. 
The yacks.o)ivilk\ St. Augiistiue & Indian River Railway, in leaving Jacksonville, 
crosses its "Jacksonville Bridge," a splendid and costly piece of engineering. 

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THE JACKS0NVIL4f BRIDGE. 



ST. AUGUSTINE. — Soft winds odorous with the perfume of orange and mag- 
nolia blossoms, golden sunshine from the bluest of skies, which seem to arch so near 
in the clear air; old Spanish coquina buildings, whose gray outlines are softened by 
the storms of 200 years; great Spanish mosque palaces, whose wondrously beauti- 
ful architecture harmonizes with the shaded tints and antiquity of the place, help to 
make St. Augustine what it is, the most beautiful and attractive winter resort in 
America. Possessing all the natural loveliness of the Southern clime, it is rendered a 
thousand fold more charming by its romantic history and legends, its relics of by-gone 
centuries; its uniqueness in having those marvelous treasures of architectural beauty 
and magnificence, the Ponce de Leon, with its wealth of castellated turrets and towers, 
rare carvings and lovely grounds; the massive Cordova and beautiful Alcazar, with 
their lovely courts and fountains, none of which can be described or pictured with any 
approach to the reality. From any part of the town their dark red towers lend a 
charming color to the scene, and flame against the sky as a landmark for the mariner. 

Fort Marion, gray and frowning, speaks of Spanish wars and Indian forays. 
The gleaming sea wall, the grand promenade and the blue bay with the breakers 




FORT MARION ANU ANAbTAblA IbLANO, ST. AUGUSTINE 



flashing white on the distant bar have also their charms. Anastasia Island lies 
green and hilly between the ocean and bay, and sailing, fishing and bathing are un- 
excelled either behind this natural breakwater or around on the sea-shore. Riding 
and driving are made pleasant by the faultless asphalt streets and shell roads. 

HASTINGS. — A few miles from the ancient citv the soil betjins to show black 
and rich in the ditches, with a clay stratum but a short way from the surface. This 
formation makes possible the most profitable and infallible market gardening and 
farming in the State. This important fact has been demonstrated at Hastings, 18 
miles from St. Augustine, in the middle of this clay subsoil tract. Here one of 
Florida's pioneers has solved the problem of certain irrigation and sure crops, with 
great success. The genial proprietor calls his plantation an experimental farm, but 
the place has passed the experimental stage, and success is absolutely assured. Land 
naturally sweet and rich, a clay subsoil which holds and conveys water as well as 
drain piping, and an abundance of water from artesian wells insure against drought, 
and as the climate is mild, and the soft Florida sunshine beams in yellow floods, nature 
and man, in a profitable co-partnership, supply everything needful for perfection in 







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HUTLL PUNCE OE LEON, bT AUGUbTINE. 



vegetable growth and plant life. The farm plant consists of 20,000 acres. A short 
distance from the station a mighty shining stream leaps and gushes from sulphur- 
encrusted pipes ; the first of the artesian wells sunk. From the well the bright torrent 
flows through a ditch, whose clay bottom soaks up scarcely any, down to the first 
cultivated field, where its onward course is controlled by flood gates, and it is let 
out through the gardens as required. Irrigating ditches 1,200 feet long are dug every 
20 feet, and can be filled in an hour from the three artesian wells. In one night 
the entire field can be submerged and every cut worm or insect drowned without 
ceremony or notice to cjuit. 

Through the whole tract a broad avenue six miles long has been opened, through 
the same prairie land, with no under brush or palmettos, and black rich soil, which 
makes this section so valuable, as on sandy soil irrigation without drains is impossible. 

GRAPH CULTURE. — The cut on opposite page represents a grape-picking 
scene in Carmona Vineyard, near St. Augustine. This vineyard of 75 acres of White 
Niagaras was put out in March and had grapes for shipment in June, the following 
year. The yield the second year was two and one-half tons per acre. The vineyard 




GATHERING GRAPES AT MOULTRIE, NEAR ST AUGUSTINE 



Is one of the prettiest sights Imaginable, as the land is undulating, and as one drives 
past the vineyard he has an unobstructed view of the vines as they gracefully creep 
along the wire trellises. They attract the eye by their profusion of leaves, and as it 
wanders over the vines for a sight of the pale green bunches of the luscious fruit, one 
becomes lost in amazement at the sea of foliage waving gracefully to the gentle 
winds from the Atlantic without a break, except where, at times, a straw hat or the 
hood of a harvester bobs up and down. 

There are now 175 acres of White Niagara grapes in the vicinity of Moultrie, 
which bid f^iir to become one of the most profitable investments in the State. The in- 
dustry has passed the experimental stage, and with the present facilities for reaching New 
York and Eastern markets grape culture in Florida will in a few years lead the world. 

ORMOND-ON-THH-HALIFAX opens up the tropical vistas of this floral land, 
the veritable Florida, and the curtain rises on the loveliest of settings. On both banks 
of the half-mile expanse of water handsome hotels and homes are framed in back- 
grounds of green in variegated shadings; the slender palm, the magnolia and oak 
towering above under-growing verdure. Along the river's edge for miles, gleaming 




IN THE PONCE DE LEON COURT, ST AUGUSTINE, 



white through the foliage, are smooth shell drives through scenery ever alluring, and 
of interest because of its variety. Here a typical Florida hammock, green-crested 
palmettos, gray trunks of forest trees draped with sombre moss, the whole filled in 
with tangled underbrush and interlacing vines. A little furUier on an orange grove 
with contrasting dark green leaves and golden globes against the blue sky, one of 
Nature's audacious color combinations. Or, where the river bends, a group of whisper- 
ing pines, calling to mind New England scenes, and then a mass of bananas lazily 
swaying their green pennants. The peninsula which keeps apart the rolling ocean 
and rippling river is here half a mile wide, and a lulling song of the surf is always 
in one's ear, stealing through the soft woodland shadows. From Ormond to the 
beach the road is through fragrant pines and an undulating sea of palmetto and oak, 
whose tops form a waving carpet where the land rises and falls in long ocean-like 
swells. Between the barrier of sand hills and the sea stretches the beach, 400 feet 
of yellow, shining sand, hard and level as an asphalt pavement, and extending 30 
miles without a break; a perfect drive — such perfection as only Nature fashions. 
Carriage wheels leave scarcely a mark on the shining expanse, and the line of 




ST. GEORGE STREET, ST. AUGUSTINE. 



tumbling breakers thunders on it in white crested ranks, warm with the mighty flow 
of the gulf stream, inviting bathers all the year. The charms of the Halifax 
are not alone for the eye or esthetic taste — the yachtsman, angler and hunter here 
find glorious sport. From the first fall frosts of Northern winter this river is the 
retreat of clouds of ducks, and is the home of the heron, bittern, crane, snipe and 
pelican. On its shores are still seen the turkey, bear, deer and endless covies of (juail. 
No fisherman comes home empty handed, for channel bass, jew fish, sheepshead, drum, 
sea trout and a hundred other game fish are found the whole length of the river. At 
night the phosphorescent flashings from myriads of mullet make a weird pyrotechnic 
display. 

DAYTON A. — The "Fountain City" stands on a ridge of high "hammock" on the 
west bank of the Halifax River, 12 miles from the inlet, its location leaving nothing 
to be desired. The river front is most charming; a clean shore, hard bottom, free 
from mud or grass, and a depth of water sufficient for all practical purposes, are 
among the natural advantages that at once present themselves to the eye of the visitor. 
Along the ridge, on the highest land, is Ridgewood Avenue, a beautiful driveway 




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paved with marl and shaded by a native growth of forest trees; northerly, this avenue 
continues to Holly Hill, three miles, and to Ormond, six miles. 

On the peninsula across the Halifax is Silver Beach, named from the shining 
strip of sand which borders the river; here are several elegant cottages, and the 
place is remarkable for the beauty of its grounds. A wind-break of oleander trees 
shelters from the west wind, and artesian wells furnish abundant irrigation. In front 
are green lawns, massive oaks and graceful palmettos, and in the rear of the cottages 
— sheltered from the ocean winds by a dense hammock — are orange groves and 
rose gardens. 

NEW SMYRNA is located three miles south of the inlet on the west bank 
of the Hillsborough River. It is the oldest place on the coast south of St. Augustine. 
It was here that the Minorcan slaves first settled under the renowned TurnbuU, 
and beneath skies as soft as over their own island home farmed indigo plantations. 

New Smyrna and Oak Hill (a few miles further south) are celebrated resorts 
for sportsmen. The scenery along the numerous drives and walks is particularly 
interesting. 




ON THE TOMOKA RIVER, NEAR ORMOND 




HOTEL ORMOND, ORMOND.ON-THE. HALIFAX. 







VIEW FROM HOTEL ORMOND 




DAYTONA FROM THE ISLAND. 




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RIDGEWOOD AVENUE. DAYTONA. 




PICTURESQUE FLORIDA.— PLANTATION LIFE, 




IN THE HAMMOCK, NEW SMYRNA 




RUINS OF SUGAR MILL, NEW SMVRNA. 



"^he climate of the east coast of 
Florida is nearer perfection than any 
other one thing in the world." 



3^ sure that your tickets read via 
the Jacksonville, St. Augustine & 
Indian River R'y, the only road via 
St. Augustine, Ormond, Daytona, New 
Smyrna and Rockledge, at any of 
which points passengers are privileged 
to "stop over" during "life" of tickets. 



INDIAN RIVER. — Fourteen miles south of New Smyrna passengers get the 
first view of the famous Indian River. Other rivers may be longer and deeper, with 
cataract and gorge to awe and magnitude to excite admiration; but this length of 
tranquil, lake-like water, with no vexing eddy or current to disturb its majestic repose, 
its banks lost in dense and deepest green, and the ocean's lullaby ever sounding, is 
alone in its peerless beauty. Only the graceful heron, floating like a fragment of 
fleecy cloud against the gloriously blue arch, and the strong-winged hawk, sweeping 
above the mangrove-shaded waters, have fully explored the loveliness of this river 
which the frost king knows not of At Titusville the river is at its greatest width — 
six miles across. Large quantities of fish are shipped north from Titusville, and 
in front of the wharf are thousands \ of duck; while the mallard shooting at Black 
Point is unusually fine. 

As the steamer glides down the placid river below Titusville both banks are 
lined with orange groves, from which come those thin-skinned globes which, by 
the name of Indian River oranges, are known the world over. The sea breeze 
begins to be heavy with the fragrance of the pine-apple. Pretty settlements along 



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ROCKLEDGE.- irjDIAN RIVER 



the river are marked by the long docks which run out hundreds of feet to reach 
deep water. 

Below Titusviile is Cocoa, a charminu' villa'Te, which is the introduction to the 
beautiful Rockledge section. Just below here the river bank changes into a coquina 
rock formation, and at Rockledge the channel is under the rugged perpendicular bank. 
The coquina ledges are worn away by the wash of the waves, antl the roughness of 
the shore is softened by the oak, magnolia, and palmetto trees which overhang 
the water, half hiding the rocky bank. 

ROCKLEDGE, the southern terminus of the J., St. A. & I. R. R'y, is probably 
the best known resort on the Indian River, and fullv 300 cottages and hotels are 
embowered in its orange groves and tropical garden. The forest trees have been 
left alono- the river front as a wind-break for the masfnificent orans^e proves which 
have made the " Rockledge Hammock " famous. The view from the river is a 
charming combination of natural and artificial beauty, and is even more attractive 
close at hand. Here is one of the finest hotels in the State, the " Hotel Indian 
River," having accommodations for 600 guests, embowered in tropical scenery, and 




RIVER WALK, ROCKLEDGE. 



really one of the most attractive spots on the river. Across the blue water is the 
Banana River, where flock among the coves ami bayous of the Thousand Islands 
millions of water fowl, affording' superb duck shooting". One of the pleasant sails 
about Rockledge is to Fairyland, a short distance down and across the river. This 
garden spot does not belie its name, and is greatly admired by all who visit it. 
The steamboat landing is on the Indian River, l>ut here comes the first of a series 
t)f surprises. From the dock a narrow canal about loo feet long floats the row boat 
into a circular lake about half a mile in width — a sparkling gem in an emerald 
setting. The opposite shore of this silvery loch rises in a long slope to a con- 
siderable elevation, the whole covered with a dense mass of orange trees, and 
towering above magnolias, oaks, palms and i)awi)aws, through which a shell walk 
shows white. Hut we must ascend and wander through the aisles of perennial 
blossoms to take in the beauties of this jjaradise. On reaching the top of the ridge 
the Indian River is behind, but lo, and behold, at the foot of the slope in front 
rolls a mighty blue flood, wider even than the river behintl, and from beyond its 
opposite shore the murmur of the surf steals soft and lulling. This is the Banana 




gasoe:n scene, hotel Indian river, rockledge 



River, which enters the Indian River opposite Melbourne, and after miles the two 
rivers re-unite, forming Merritts Island. Three green walls keep apart the ocean 
and the two rivers and the lake. 

The owner of Fairyland has left as much natural beauty as possible and his 
orange grove is surrounded In' a tangled woodlawn. Over his cottage lofty pawpaws 
wave their fcatherv crests, and in front an India rubber tree has wound its clinging 
roots in a deadh^ embrace around the oak which first protected it and waves its 
glossy branches in triumph. A winding path leads to a sylvan park, where nature 
is gardener-in-chief, and gnarled oaks, festooned with moss and decked with green 
orchids, shadow the scrub palmetto and grassy carpet. Through an opening in the 
foliage acres of pine-apples can be seen rustling their slender spiked leaves in orderly 
rows. 25,000 plants of choice varieties are green and flourishing, and the tropical pine- 
apple and cocoanut region is at hand, as this first plantation gives fragrant evidence. 

From Fairyland the Indian River bears the wanderer down into the heart of 
this land of sunshine, past Georgianna, Tropic, Eau Gallic and Melbourne, towards 
Jupiter Inlet, where this waterway ends and mingles with the ocean. 




PHOTO-SKETCHES BY THE WAY, 



THE INDIAN RIVER NARROWS are similar to those in Halifax, and for 
several miles the channel winds among- mangrove islands, and then the river widens 
again. Fort Pierce is a landing of more than ordinary interest, as it is the trading 
post of the Seminole Indians, the remnant of the fierce tribe which the United States 
could not remove from their homes to reservations, and which Mayne Reid has im- 
mortalized in "Osceola." In the dense marsh lands and forests of the Everglades 
they still live by hunting and fishing, as their ancestors before them, and their number 
is estimated at about 600. Their chief village is about fifteen miles back of Fort Pierce, 
and is called Tallafajassa. They obtain all of their ammunition and supplies from 
I^^ort Pierce in exchange for alligator hides, plumes, tanned deer skins and game. 

There is nearly always a band about the village, antl they take great interest 
in the arrival of the steamboats. Tom Tiger and Tustinahga, two of their chiefs, 
are magnificent specimens of manhood. 

Below Fort Pierce, one of the prettiest places between Rockledge and Lake 
Worth, is EDEN, the head-quarters for pine-apple growing. The original Adam 
who is monarch of this historic spot is genial Captain Richards, who, surrounded by 



something over a hundred acres of pine-apple farms, stoutly affirms that the fragrant 
yellow pine was the apple which made all the trouble, and after sampling an am- 
brosial Egyptian Queen or Sugar Loaf, our first father's sin seems condonable. 

Below Eden the river expands into St. Lucie Sound, into which flows the St. 
Lucie River. This stream is navigable for 20 miles. It is a broad, placid stream, 
with the characteristic scenery of the Indian River, and an excursion up among its 
beauties is a delightful trip. 

Parting the green wall to the west as it does, it seems an inviting portal for 
the erratic play of the winds, so the breezes, with nothing to check a long flight, 
here keep the waters of the broad sound in a perpetual dance. 

JUPITIiR NARROWS, the wildest and most picturesque stretch in the whole 
journey, is for eight miles a series of crooks and twists and confused meanderings. 
Not a particle of land is visible, nothing but a wilderness of mangrove trees 
growing right up out of the water and down into the w'ater. 

The steamer brushes along one bank and then the other, and in some places 
at times " snubbing " has to be resorted to to make the abrupt turns without 




PINE-APPLE PLANTATION, EDEN, 



steaming over the mangrove forest. Occasionally, a sharp-visaged raccoon ambles 
deliberately down a mangrove trunk, not in the least disturbed by the passing 
show. Following the labyrinth of mangrove roots the tourist's eye is attracted 
beneath the water and soon takes note of its remarkable clearness and purity. More 
disturbed than was the coon by the steamer's progress, the schools of mullet and 
other finny denizens dart with a swish from their feeding grounds on the shoals of 
shells which cross the bottom of the stream at frequent intervals. So transparent is 
the water that looking from on deck these shoals appear as scarcely beneath the 
surface until the vessel glides forward and over them, convincing proof that they 
are covered by many feet of water. From the Narrows, the steamer emerges into 
HOPE SOUND, a noble sheet of water, and the Jupiter lighthouse looms up red 
and tall ahead. The mainland shore swells into a range of hills, whose slopes are 
covered with frequent pineapple gardens and " wind-swept cedar trees." At Palmer's 
Point, on the island side, is the first cocoanut grove of 2,000 young trees. Their 
spreading, feathery tops make a fine show and look purely tropical. An hour's sail 
through the sound, and JUPITER INLET flashes its yellow sand and foamy breakers 




CENTURY PLANT. LAKE WORTH. 



right ahead. The Indian River flows into Jupiter River and then into the ocean 
only a few hundred yards away. The steamer rounds up at the Jupiter dock, and 
the 200 miles of the most beautiful sailing in the South is at an end. 

Jupiter is 320 miles below Jacksonville, and as a winter, a hunting and fish- 
ing resort, cannot be rivaled. The scenery is beautiful, with the Indian and Jupiter 
rivers and the luxuriant tropical foliage. The U. S. Signal Station is connected with 
the North by a Government wire, and all south-bound shipping passes within a few 
miles of the inlet. Palms and cocoanut trees are in their own latitude, and every 
tropical fruit thrives here. The climate is near perfection, warm and balmy all 
winter, and fishing and hunting are accompanied by none of the discomforts of 
northern regions. Game fish swarm in over the inlet in enormous quantities. 
Channel bass, Jew fish and Tarpon, Mangrove Snappers, Pompano, Sergeant fish, 
Sheepshead, Drum, Cavilii, bite finely and come in with every tide. During the 
winter trolling for bluefish is exciting sport, this gamy fish coming in in large schools 

Nearly every visitor to Florida has heard of Captain "Vaill's Floating Hothl" 
at Jupiter, and his famous cuisine and first-class accommodations are pleasant 




LAKE /rfORTH,— FROM THE LAWN;. 



memories to every sportsman who has visited Jupiter. The genial captain and host 
will furnish guides to the famous fishing grounds. A few oar strokes across from 
Vaill's and we are among the flowers at the foot of the bluff under the stately light- 
house. It is a stout tramp up the long winding stair, but the grand panorama that 
greets the eye from the lantern balcony around the great first order Fresnal light 
so repays the toil that the effort is forgotten in the first strong breath of ocean 
air that meets the visitor at the upper exit. 

Out upon an ocean calmed by the nearest influence the great Gulf Stream 
wields upon our whole coast; bluer in the morning light than any artist dare to 
paint it; edged by a horizon as white as polished steel; to the north the view is 
lost in the crroves of the islands that confine the Indian River; lost to the south in 
the cocoa forests on the hammocks of Lake Worth — that lovely speck of sheen 
joining the horizon again to the vast green waves of the PLvergiades ; and on the 
westward over miles of that land which can only be called Florida. Below us the 
narrows, the inlet, the bayou, the piers, the cottages, the station and the trail of the 
engine southward. 




COCOANUT AVENUE, LAKE VtORTH. 



The Jupiter & Lake Worth R. R., running for eight miles into the most 
thoroughly tropical region in all Florida, stops at the end of the pretty little pier at 
Juno, the very southermost limit of all that vast network of railways that threads the 
United States. 

FAIR LAKE WORTH. — Once on the shores of this translucent sheet, the 
traveler seems in another country, a summerland which may have been transplanted 
from some South Sea Isle. The very air seems softer, and laden with perfume. A 
small steamboat bears you across the lake, toward a shore, sifted over with blue haze, 
and flocks of ducks rise just ahead with a tremendous splashing and flapping of wings. 
Shining mullet leap into the air and can be seen darting in the wonderfully trans- 
parent water. The shores of the lake are clothed with palms, and here is the home 
of the cocoanut. On these shores one has the first sight of a grove of tall slender 
trunks and green crowns, in full bearing. Great bunches of green husked nuts hang 
from the crown, and the gray pennants of the great dried blossoms tasseled among 
the fruit rustle and whisper in the sea breeze. The cocoanut tree is majestic, and 
one learns to love the tall straight emblem of the tropics, even after the first 




COCOAMUTS, LAKE WORTH. 



novelty wears off. Often in the younger groves the overhanging leaves, perfect as 
giant fern fronds, arch the pathway in a single sweep of 20 feet — perhaps no 
other plant of all the earth has such Titantic grace. 

Oaklawn, Lake Worth, Palm Beach, Figulus, Deer Park, and Hypoluxo, stations, 
villages and names with pleasant landings for the merry steamer parties, two or 
three miles apart, perhaps, and yet not separated at all in truth. One starts out for 
a stroll to north or south from either name and could not tell the boundary. 

Along the well-worn, trimmed, and often graveled, path upon the white coquina 
wall that nature rears just high enough to quell the greater waves a wayward storm 
might lash upon the fair lake in some unseasonable rage, the truant wanderer is sure 
to stroll far from his starting point, as every turn displays some new wonder of 
tropical luxury. Through arches of oleander and groves of flowering trees that 
would be dwarfed hot-house shrubs in the richest northern home; fanned by cool 
breezes and perfumed with rich odors all around — what temptation to return! 

Nature has here supplied all the material the most lavish workman could 
covet; and the taste and labor of the wealthiest capitals of our land, from Phila- 




0RAN3E GROVE, SAN MATEO. 



delphia and the richest cities of the east to the golden larders of Colorado, have 
gathered along these shores to feast upon, train and beautify the alreacly beautiful. 
There may be no castles outside of fable with such surroundings as some of these 
homes on Lake Worth now boast — such luxuries of the Tropics with comforts of the 
Temperate Zone ! 

Imagine the succulent vegetables of favored northern gardens side by side 
with all this tropical profligacy of growth. Here you may see them — sweet 
corn and coffee, the tomato and the tamarind, the potato and the sapodilla — the 
neighbors in growth. Here, amid pine-apple patches and cocoanut groves, are 
gardens containing a wonderful variety of strange tropical fruits — the Avacado 
pear, custard apple, almond, mango, maumee apple, pawpaw, grape fruit, guava 
and banana. 

A hammock of sand and loam with a narrow swail of black rich muck, like a 
thread along the centre, furnishing the food that tempers the soil to any consistency 
the product may require; and the ocean beach only a stroll distant — at this point 
the most eastern shore of all this southern land — is here washed by the gulf stream 



to the very shore, making a climate so equable that the seed, the sprout, the blossom 
and the fruit are but the fitting of nature's laws to man's sweet will ! 

The hunting and fishing around Lake Worth are described with glowing 
enthusiasm by every visitor to this land of the cocoanut. 

WITH REEL AND TRIGGER —The Indian River country is the realization 
of the most roseate dreams of the sportsman. Black bear are plentiful along the 
peninsula and mainland, and are frequently shot on the beach while despoiling 
the nests of the turtle. They also show a lurking fondness for pine-apple patches. 
The red deer is found through the whole East Coast country, and can be hunted with 
dogs or stalked at the springs. Wildcats and panthers are shot by the Indians, 
who are the best guides to the hunting country. The 'possum and raccoon, gray 
squirrel and rabbit are plentitul through the pine land and hammock. As to fishing, 
the attempt to describe any section of the East Coast without mention of its 
op|)ortunities in this respect is shown by the narrative above to be an impossibility. 
It only remains to be said that to the true devotee of rod and reel no deftly 
woven fiction on this point can seem half as strange as the truth. 



Agricultural Department, State of Florida. 
Commissioner's Office, Tallahassee, Fla., July 12, 1892. 
Joseph Richardson, General Passenger Agent, St. Augustine, Fla. 

Dear Sir: — Your letter of ninth instant to hand. In 1890 the shipment of pine- 
apples was in round numbers 51,000 barrel-crates, in 1891, 83,000 barrel-crates, and in 
1892, 150,000 barrel-crates. In 1891 the orange crop reached in round numbers 
3,750,000 boxes, and the cocoanut crop amounted to 2,143 barrels. 

This information is furnished us by the statistical agents of the Bureau of Agri- 
culture. The pine-apple crop for the year 1892 has not all been shipped, but consider- 
ably over one hundred thousand (100,000) crates have gone forward, and it is estimated 
that the remaining portion of the crop will run it up to the number above stated. Of 
this number 25,000 have so far gone forward from Brevard County, and 75,000 crates 
have been shipped from the southern or Biscayne Bay portion of Dade County. 
Hoping this will be satisfactory, 

I am, yours truly, 

D. B. WOMBWELL,. Commissioner of Agriculture. 

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